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New  York  Colonial  TraSls, 


Number  I. 


IrJogage  of  tfte  Sloop  lEarg. 


JOURNAL 

.   OF    THE    VOYAGE    OF    THE 

FROM  ^UEBECK, 

Together  with  an  Account  of 
her  Wreck  ofF  Montauk 
Point,  L.  I., 

ANNO    I70I. 

WITH 

bitrodudlion  and  J\\)tes 

By  E,  B.  O'CALLAGHAN. 


ALBANY,  N.  Y., 

J.  MUNSELL,  78  STATE  ST. 

1866. 


p 


No. 


Edition,  loo  Copies. 


/-32Z3 


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TO  THE  READER. 


yHE  Journal  and  accompa- 
nying Papers  now  publifhed 
have  been  copied  from  a  few 
mouldering  Leaves  lying  among 
the  Records  in  the  Office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State,  Albany.  They 
are  confidered  worthy  of  Preferva- 
tion,  as  Illuftrative  of  the  Trade 
which  was  carried  on  by  Sea  in 
thofe  early  Times  with  Canada, 
and  as  connected,  in  fome  Degree, 
with  fubfequent  Events  in  the  Hif- 
tory  of  New  York. 


Tmamimmamm 


VI 


To  the  Reader, 


\  ' 


The  iirft  Attempt  to  open  a 
Trade  by  Sea  between  New  York 
and  that  Country  was  made  in 
1658,  when  the  French  Bark  St. 
Jeatiy  Captain  John  Perel,  failed 
from  the  Port  of  New  Amfterdam 
for  Quebeck,  with  a  Cargo  of  Sugar 
and  Tobacco.  That  Velfel  was,  un- 
fortunately, wrecked  off  the  liland 
of  Anticofti,  and  fo  the  Enterprife 
failed. 

New  York,  on  becoming  a  Britifli 
Colony,  came  under  the  Britifh 
Trade  Ads,  which  forbade  all 
Commerce  between  the  Colonies 
and  Foreign  Plantations.  Whatever 
commercial   Intercourfe   there  was 


To  the  Reader, 


Vll 


fubfequently  with  Canada,  previous 
to  1763,  was,  therefore,  carried  on 
in  a  furreptitious  Manner,  through 
Lake  Champlain.  Occafionally, 
however,  in  Time  of  Peace,  co- 
lonial Ventures  were  fent  to  Que- 
beck  by  Sea,  the  Laws  enacted  to 
the  contrary  notwithftanding. 

King  William's  War  terminated 
in  1697,  and  Peace  continued  with 
France  until  1702.  Towards  the 
clofe  of  this  Peace  the  Sloop  Mary 
was  fent  with  a  Cargo,  conlifting 
of  Flour,  Tobacco,  Earthenware, 
&c.,  to  Quebeck.  Having  remained 
there  fifteen  Days  (he  fet  Sail,  loaded 
with  Wine,  Brandy  and  Furs,  on 


£'■ 


viii         To  the  Reader, 

her  Return,  and,  after  leaving  the 
Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  purfued  a 
ftridly  coafting  Voyage.  Pafling 
by  the  Iflands  of  St.  Paul  and 
Prince  Edward,  (he  ran  through 
the  Gut  of  Canfo,  and  then  along 
the  fouth  Coaft  of  Nova  Scotia, 
flopping  occafionally  here  and  there 
at  Places,  the  Names  of  which  are 
laid  down  in  the  Journal.  This 
was  nearly  half  a  Century  before 
Halifax  was  founded.  On  leav- 
ing that  Coaft,  the  Mary  fteered 
Weft  acrofs  to  ancient  Agamenti- 
cus,  now  York,  in  Maine ;  thence 
coafted  to  Cape  Anne,  where  (he 
anchored;  touched  at  "ye  Mifery," 


¥* 


To  the  Reader, 


IX 


and  landed  at  Salem,  avoiding 
Bofton  and  its  revenue  Officers; 
rounded  Cape  Cod,  and  came  to 
an  Anchor  off  Webb's  Ifland,  which 
has  fince  been  fwallowed  up  by  the 
Sea.  On  the  i6th  November,  1701, 
being  then  twenty- five  Days  from 
Quebeck,  (he  reached  Martha's 
Vineyard,  and  here  terminates  the 
Journal.  Seven  Days  after,  (he  was 
driven  afhore  at  Montauk. 

The  Journal  was  found  in  the 
Cheft  of  John  Maher,  the  Mate  by 
whom  it  was  probably  written.  We 
append  to  it  an  Account  of  the  return 
Cargo  of  the  VelTel,  and  of  feveral 
Incidents  connedted  with  her  lofs. 

B 


Mi 


I 


X  To  the  Reader. 

On  receiving  Intelligence  of  the 
Difafter,  Lieutenant  Governor  Nan- 
fan,  ther.  adminiftering  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  York,  defpatched 
Lieutenant  Oliver  to  Eafthampton 
to  take  Charge  of  the  Sloop  and 
Cargo,  which  were  foon  after  con- 
demned for  Violation  of  the  Trade 
and  Navigation  Laws.  From  this 
Adjudication  an  Appeal  to  the 
High  Court  of  Admiralty  in  Eng- 
land was  entered,  "whereupon  it 
was  ordered  that  John  Champante 
Efq.,  Agent  of  .the  Province,  be 
delired  to  take  care  in  the  faid 
matter,  and  retain  the  King's  Attor- 
ney Generall    [Northey]   and  Mr 


To  the  Reader. 


XI 


Pere  Williams  as  Councill  therein, 
and  he  fhall  be  allcv^^ed  his  fFees 
and  Expences  about  the  fame." 

The  Owner  of  the  Sloop  and 
Cargo  now  turned  out  to  be  Cap- 
tain Vetch,  who  figured  fomewhat 
prominently  in  New  York  and  Maf- 
fachufetts  Hiftories  in  the  fore  Part 
of  the  laft  Century,  and  of  whom 
we  have  colledted  the  following 
Particulars. 

Samuel  Vetch  was  the  fon  of 
a  "  Godly  Minifter  and  a  Glorifier 
of  God  in  the  Grafs  Market,"  Edin- 
burgh. Having  no  Trade,  he  was 
appointed,  on  account  of  his  Father, 
one  of  the  feven  Councillors  who 


xii  To  the  Reader, 

conftituted  the  local  Government 
of  the  Colony  of  Caledonia,  a 
Scotch  Settlement,  eftablilhed  in 
1698  at  Darien,  a  little  South  of  the 
Ifthmus  of  Panama.  This  Colony 
having  been  denounced  by  Govern- 
ment as  an  unjuftifiable  Encroach- 
ment on  Spanifli  Territory,  was  per 
Force  abandoned.  The  following 
Yearfeveral  of  the  Adventurers  were 
brought  to  New  York,  and  on  the 
20th  Dec,  1700,  Mr.  Vetch  married 
Margaret,  Daughter  of  Robert  Liv- 
ingfton,  of  Albany,  whofe  Son,  with 
faid  Vetch  and  one  Mr.  Saffin,*  are 

•  John  Saffin  was  a  Signer  with  Vetch  to  the 
Petition  got  up  in  New  York  againft  Lt.  Gov. 
Nanfan  in  December,  1701. 


i   II 


li 


To  the  Reader,        xiii 


faid  to  have  been  interefted  in  the 
Sloop  Mary. 

In  the  Summer  of  1700,  we  find 
him  attending  fundry  Indian  Con- 
ferences at  Albany,  and  at  this 
Time,  probably,  the  Trade  to  Can- 
ada attrafted  his  Attention ;  for  in 
the  following  Year  we  have  the 
Refult  of  his  firft  Experiment  in  the 
prefent  Journal. 

He  next  turns  up  at  Bofton  in 
1705,  when  he  was  fent  to  Quebeck 
by  Gov.  Dudley,  of  MafTachufetts, 
with  Propofals  for  a  Treaty  or 
Truce  between  Canada  and  New 
England ;  after  which  Vifit  he 
boafted    that    he    knew    more   of 


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xiv         To  the  Reader, 


Canada  than  the  People  who  were 
living  there.  He  was  afterwards 
employed  in  procuring  an  exchange 
of  Prifoners  at  Port  Royal,  N.  S. ; 
and,  on  returning  to  Boflon,  was 
arrefted,  committed  to  Pnfon  on  a 
Charge  of  Trading  with  the  French 
and  Indians,  Enemies  to  the  Go- 
vernment, and  fined  £200. 

Subfequent  Events  feem  to  indi- 
cate that  this  Voyage  of  the  Sloop 
Mary  was  not  intended  wholly  for 
Trade.  Colonel  Vetch,  who,  fays 
Smith,  had  been  feveral  Years  before 
at  Quebeck,  and  founded  the  St. 
Lawrence,  vifited  England  in  1708, 
and  laid   before   the   Miniftry  the 


7!?  the  Reader, 


XV 


bold  Projedt  of  feizing  Canada,  of 
which  Country  he  afpired  to  be  the 
Governor.  His  Plan  was  approved, 
and  he  returned  to  New  York  with 
the  Queen's  Inftrud:ions  for  the 
Expedition,  which  he  laid  before  the 
Lieutenant  Governor,  the  Council 
and  the  Aflembly  in  joint  Seflion, 
17th  May,  1709.  But  this  Expe- 
dition aborted  after  putting  the 
Province  to  great  Expenfe,  and 
Vetch,  whom  all  fwore  againft  as 
the  Caufe  of  the  ufelefs  Outlay, 
retired  to  Rhode  Ifland.  In  the 
Fall  of  the  following  Year,  he 
ferved  as  Adjutant  General  in  an 
Expedition  againft  Port  Royal,  N. 


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xvi         To  the  Reader, 

S.,  and  on  the  Redudion  of  that 
Place,  the  Name  of  which  was 
changed  to  Annapolis,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Governor  thereof.  He  does 
not  appear  to  have  been  conneded 
with  the  Expedition  againft  Canada 
in  171 1,  and  eventually  returned  to 
England,  where  he  was  refiding  in 
1 71 9,  and  where  he  eventually  died, 
30th  April,  1732. 

In  the  Hope  of  rendering  this 
little  Trad  of  further  Interefl-,  a 
few  Notes  are  fubjoined  indica- 
tive of  the  Places  at  which  the 
Sloop  touched  in  her  Voyage,  and 
embodying  Information  refpeding 
fome  of  the  prominent  Inhabitants 


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To  the  Reader, 


xvu 


of  Eafthampton  at  that  remote  Pe- 
riod. 

Thefe  we  hope  will  relieve,  in 
fome  degree,  the  drynefs  of  the 
uncouth  Text,  and  render  it  more 
acceptable  to  the  Reader. . 


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wind  at  4  to  daye  Caime 
along  Cape  Marey  fliore 
hiley  land  and  uery  hy  Land 
Corfe  a  Long  fhore  nw:  and 
nwbw  12  and  at  wnw  and 
w'  and  wbs  fres  gaile  of  wind 
efe  and  ebs  thick  wather  and 


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fom  Raine  at  lo  to  day  we 
came  by  fom  Lo  Land  maide 
Licke  Iflands  diftance  from 
Cape  mareys  62  Legs  from 
thofe  Iflands  to  II  Rufey  is 
25  Legs  Coiirs 

O&obary"  4'"  1701 
At  12  to  day  Reft  Mainfel 
frefh  gaile  of  wind  at  e.  and 
fom  Raine,  at  on  aclock  to  day 
ftod  of  or  nwbn  to  y^  north 
fhor  graite  fea  at  6  to  night 
maide  v^  north  fliore  Cors 
along  fliore  wfw  at  7  aclock 
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y^  eter"dmofl:  end  maide  Like 
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to  night  maid  y^'  II  Rufey  at 
1 2  to  night  Caime  Along  fhore 
wfw  nereft  at  8  this  morning 
maid  y«  lil  Cudor*  fres  gaile 
at  ne :  and  ene 


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faire    wather    fres    gaile  of 
wind  at  ne  and  ene  at  2  to 
daye  we  Caime  to  an  Ancker 

*Ifle  aux  Coudres,  about  2  miles 
from  the  North  Shore  of  the  River  St. 
Lawrence,  and  fome  50  Miles  below 
Quebec. 


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y^  Ifland  Orlane. 

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Caime  to  anckar  ner  y^  plafe 
wher  we  loft  our  anker 

At  2  to  night  waid  our  anc- 
ker  again 

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tid  till  8  this  morning  Caime 
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to  166  Chefes 
to  20  Rols  of  tobacko 
to  ll^  Rols  of  tobacko 
to  9  barels  of  flower 

to  2    fquare   boxes  marckt 
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to  I  Lather  tronke 

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to  9  barels  of  flower 

to  1 6  barels  of  flower 

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to  I  Lather  tronke 

to  I  grait  box  TH  N°  i 

to  I  fmol-cheft  markt  D,  I 

to  I  fmol  hoghed  of  botils 

to  1  flat  box  marckt  SV 

to  1 2  barels  of  flouer 

to  70    bunches     of   arthen 

waire  pots  and  muges 
to  7  barels  of  tar 
to  4  barels  of  flower  and  2 

barels  of  Rofom  marked  S V 
to  2   bareles  of  flower   and 

2  barels  of  Rofom  marked  SV 
to  I  Large  hoged  of  earthen 

waire  (N°  2  and  4) 


(7  ) 

to  I  barel  of  beaire  and  lo 
barels  of  aples  miiftard 

to  6  barels  of  flower  and  i 
pipe  of  wine 

to  5  barels  of  flower  and  i 
pipe  of  wine,  on-  Long  Cafk 
of  L  or^'' 

to  9  big  Cafke  of  fliot  and 
7  fmol  Cafke  of  fliot 

to  I  long  Cafke  of  puter  SV 

to  7  barels  of  beare  DI 

to  3  big  cafkes  of  fhot 

O&obary'  i6'^  day  lyoi 
things   Refefd  on    bord    y« 
flup  Marey 

to  4  barels  of  brandy 
to  4  hogfds  of  Claret 


■1 


if' 


(  8  ) 

OEioher  y^  17  day  1701 
things  Reftfd    on    bord  y^ 

flope  Marey 

to  2  brandy  pefes 

to  10  fmol  barels  of  brandy 

and  I  pes  of  Lining  Cloth : 

and  2  bolts  of  Canfis 

to  8  fmole  cafke  of  brandye 
to  2    bondls    of    lyle  fkns 

and  ftons 

to  I  Cafke  of  brandy 

to    2    Lather   trunkes   and 

2  fquaire  boxes 

and  I  box  otor  ftons 

OSiobor  y"  22^^  1701 
It  bing  wenfday 
At  10  Laft  night  Waide  our 


if  '^  I 


(9) 

anker   at  Cabeck  faire  wather 
Litil   wind    at  w;     and  ffw: 
At  12  to  night  Caime  to  Anc- 
ker  againe  Litil  wind  at  8  this 
morning    waid    againe    frefh 
gaile  of  wind  at  fw^  faire  wa- 
ther at  4  to  daye  we  wore  up 
with    y^    He    Codor    diftance 
frome  He  orlane  to  He  Codor 
14  Leges  at  6  to  night  ftrong 
tide  againft  us   drofe   up   till 
12     this   night      tide    of,   eb 
maide,    Cep   Clofe    ondor   y^ 
north  fhore 


O&obar y^  23^  1701 
It  being  thorfdday  faire  wa- 
ther fres  gaile  of  wind  at  nw : 
B 


'FT 


■'•: 


"'I 


(    10    ) 

at  10  to  day  Caime  by  the  He 
Codor  Cors  from  II  Codor 
down  ene  to  y^  He  vnder  y^ 
fouth  ilior  and  wfw  This  24 
houres  faire  wather  fres  gaile  of 
wind  at  nw  and  wnw  Cours 
eneje  diftance  from  II  Codor 
till  12  to  day  38  Legs  Latt'^ 
by  obfaruation  49—4.8 

from  II  Cudor  Cape  marey 
63  Legs 

OSiobary^  24.'^  1701 
It  bing  friday  faire  and  fres 
gaile  of  at  wnw  Cors  ebn  6 
Legs  till  4.  then  e  8  Legs  then 
ebs  and  efe  rownd  Cape  marey 
at  12  to  night  we  wore  up  with 


fe  Cape  marey :  at  2  this  morn- 
ing ye  wind  did  away  Cors 
Litill  wind  at  ebn  at  2  our 
topn  Lift  gaue  way  Cors  at 
ffe  frefli  gaile  of  wind  at  ebs 
at  7  this  morning  Left  y«^ 
Land  to  y^  weft  word  of  Cap 
marey  diftance  6  Legs  thick 
wather  and  fome  fnow  very 
thick  wather  fres  gaile  of 
wind  ebs  At  11  to  day  12 
Legs  baring  from  us  ne  and  fw 

OSiobar  y^  2^^  1701 

It   bing   Satrday  fres    gaile 

of  wind  at  ebs  grat  fea  at  12 

to  daye  our  gibhalardes  gaf  way 

at  I    Reft  mainfail  Coars  fbe 


(    12    ) 

diftans  at  6  hand  forfel 

layby  grat  fea  at  12  Laft  night 
wind  veerd  to  ne  and  n  at  8 
this  morning  bor  away  land  in 
s  Cors  ffe  dift  from  y^  Ifland 
to  y^  w.  word  of  [Cape  Ma- 
rey]  20  Legs  fbe  at  12  to  day 
a  grat  fea  Cors  ffe  wind  at 
nbw 


n  |if 


OEiobar y^  26  day  1701. 

It  being  funday  Roning 
away  onder  our  bar  polfe  ffe 
diftanc  25  Legs  Cors  ffe  fres 
gaile  of  wind  nwbn  and  nw 
grait  fea  at  to  night  ffe  and 
fe  At  4.  this  morning  maid  y^ 
Land   we  Jodge    to  be  to  ye 


(   13   ) 

weftard  of  fant  Pols  Mand  * 
and  at  8  this  morning  Caime 
toancurof  the  Land  fres  gaile 
of  wind  at  nw  and  grait  fea. 

O&obarf  27  day  1701 
It  being  Monday  we  Rid 
verey  hard  ol  day  and  of  this 
night  till  8  this  morning  cut 
our  cabel  and  ftod  to  y^  wef- 
tard  ondar  an  Ifland  and 
Caime  to  an  anker  againe  fres 
gaile  of  wind  nnw  fom  fncw 
and  raine  werey  grait  fea 


*  Saint  Paul's  Ifland  in  the  Gulf  of 
St.  Lawrence. 


A 


«f 


(  H  ) 

OSiobar  y'  28  day 
It  being  tufdayat  2  to  daye 
hift  out  our  bot  and  went 
afhor  fres  gaile  of  wind  at  n° 
and  nne*  and  fnow  at  12  to 
night  got  in  or  bot  againe 
thick  wather  frefli  gale  at  nne 

OEiobar  y^  29  day  1701 
It  being  wednefday  at  12 
to  daye  waid  our  anker  and 
ftqd  to  y^  weftord  fres  gaile 
of  wind  at  nne  and  n°  :  Cors 
from  this  Ifland  w.  and  wfw 
till  we  Caime  to  y^  Ifland  of 
fon  Jons  as  we  Jodge  diftanc 
12  Legs  at  7  to  night  Caime 


(    IS    ) 

to  anker  againe  vnder  y^ 
Ifland  of  fon  Jons*  Littill 
wind  at  nnw  :  and  nw.  at  6 
this  morning  waid  our  anker 
againe,  this  Ifland  of  fon  Jons 
makes  hi  Land  to  y^  weft  hi- 
land  to  y«  eft'^  and  femes  to 
goine  to  y^  Land  at  y^  wef- 
tord  Cors  frome  San  Jons 
Ifland  s.e.b.s.  diftanc  8  Legs  to 
ye  Gut  of  Canfar.t  At  ii :  4.0 
This  morning  Caime  to  y^  Gut 
of  Canfar  It  is  about  4  mils 
wid  at  y^  mouth  Cors  op  a 
Long  ffe  Cloudy  wather — 
wind  at  w* 

*  Now,  Prince  Edward's  Ifland. 
t  Gut  of  Canfo. 


h  ■: 
!.  i. 


/"jBT^-""' 


(  i6  ) 


m 


OSioher y'  30  day  1701 
It  being  thorfday  Cloudy 
wather  at  1 2  to  day  a  canew 
Caime  abord  of  us  Cors  along 
threw  this  gut  of  Canfer  ffe 
at  4  to  daye  Caime  to  anc*^ 
about  4.  I^egs  threw  y^  gut 
and  Laye  thare  till  8  this 
morning  at  10  to  day  Caime 
downe  a  Long  the  wind  at 
nne :  thick  wather  at  y'^  mouth 
of  this  gut  makes  Iflands  to  y*^ 
eftord  with  Cors  le  out  aftar 
you  Com  to  y*^  Iflands  at  10 
to  day  Caime  out  of  y'^  gut 
Cours  ofer  to  y^'  Litil  gut  of 
Canfar  febs  diflanc  9  Legs 


(  17  ) 

OSfoberf  31:  1701. 
It  being  Friday  At  12  to 
day  Caime  threw  f  Litill  gut 
a  Canllir  Cors  a  Long  fhore 
from  Canfar  harbor :  wbs :  to 
whithed  ='=  at  2  to  daye  Reft 
manfel  hand  forfel  fres  gaile 
of  wind  at  nw.  Cors  til  4 
wbs  Cors  this  24.  hours:  wfw: 
Diftanc  from  Cancar  i,^  Legs 

November  y'  i  :  1701 
being    Satorday  at    12     to 
day  tacked  and  ftod  to  y^  nord 

*An  Ifland  on  the  S.  E.  Coaft  of 
Nova  Scotia. 


(  i8  ) 

Cors  nne  at  4  to  daye  tackt 
ageine  Cors  fwbw.  at  2  to 
night  tacked  againe  wind  at 
fw.  Cors  nwbw  till  12  to 
day  ftod  in  and  maid  Lahaif  * 
Diftanc  from  Cancar  ^^  Legs 

IVouemiery  2,  1701 
It  being  Sunday  At  12  to 
day  Run  Into  Lahaif  thick 
wather  fres  gaile  of  wind  at 
wfw'  at  I.  Reft  mains  At  2 
to  day  Caime  to  ancur  In 
Lahaif  wind  at  wfw  at  8  to 
night  waid  our  anker  againe 


*La  Heve;  now  Lunenburgh,  No- 
va Scotia. 


I    :\ 


(  19  ) 

ye  wind  at  nnw  faire  wather 
Litil  wind  Cors  wfw  till  lo 
this  morning  Calme:  at  ii 
y^  wind  Caime  up  at  wfw: 
and  fw  fres  gail  diftance  from 
Canfer  harbr  to  port  broton  65 

Nouemher y^  3.  1701 
It  being  monday  at  12  to 
day  Caime  to  anker  In  port 
broton  fres  gaile  of  wind  at 
wfw  f  ir  wather  diftanc  from 
Canfar  to  port  broton  %^  Legs 

Nouember  y'  4.  1701 
It  being  tufeday  faire  wa- 
ther   fres    gaile   of  wind    at 
wnw  we  lay  thare  all  this  day 


11. 


Ml 


(  20  ) 

Nouembery'  5  daye  1701 
It  being  wenfday  at  8  this 
morning  waid  our  anker  againe 
in  port  broton  y^  wind  at  nw 
fres  gaile  of  wind  at  12  verd 
Round  to  s :  and  s.s.w :  we 
ftod  in  againe  at  2  Reft  mains  : 
we  brock  one  of  our   frouds 


Nouember  y"  6,  1701 
It  being  thorfday  at  8  this 
morning  maid  Cape  neger 
fres  gaile  of  wind  at  nnw  uery 
hafey  wather,  at  1 1  to  day  bor 
away  for  port  Rofeeway  at  12 
to  day  Caime  to  ancur  In 
port  Rofaway  faire  wather  fres 


1^ 


(    21    ) 

gaile    Diftance  from    Cancer 
95  Legs. 

Nouember  y'  7  day  1701 
It  being  friday  Lay  In  Port 
Rofaway.* 

Nouember  y'  8  day  1701 
It  being  Satorday  ye  wind 
at  nnw  fres  gaile  and  thick  of 
mow  At  8  this  morning  waid 
our  anker  in  port  Rofaway  at 
12  to  day  we  wor  up  with 
Cape  fabls  uery  thick  of  fnow 
Cors  from  port  Rofaway  fwbw 
to  Cap  Sable 


"=  On  S.  W.  Coaft  of  Nova  Scotia. 


■  ^:.— ,  ..^  -Ml.  ii;»-*ii  f ; ,—.  *_^'^^Sgtmigt:.'ff?jjH>1W ]WS!*CTWJ 


^'J 


i  iilllf 


i  # 


(    22     ) 

Nouefnber  y^  9  :  1701 
It  being  Sunday  thick  wa- 
ther  fnow  fres  gaile  of  wind 
at  nwbn  Cors  thos  24  hors 
fwbw  dift  84  Legs  meridon 
Dift  69"^  Diftanc  Latt^  46"* 
Latt^    by    Jodgment  43 — 40 

Nouembti  ''  10  day  ij 01 
It  being  munday  this  24 
hours  fres  gaile  of  wind  at 
nnw  and  nbw  grait  fea  and 
thick  wather  fnow  Cors  till 
6  fwbw  dift  Legs  at  6  tacked 
we  had  bot  1 2  faddams  watar 
Jodg  to  be  on  fon  gorgs*   and 

^'St.  George's  Bank. 


Ir 


(    23    ) 

ftod  to  y«  norod  Cors  ne — till 
8  this  morning  y^  wind  did 
away  diftance  9  Legs  Cors  this 
24  hours  wbn  diftanc  27  mer- 
idion  diftanc  28  diffr  Latt^  5 
holl  meridon  diftance  from 
Cap  fabls  96"^^  Latf^  by  Jodg- 
ment  43 — 05 


Nouember y'  11  c^aye  lyoi 
It  being  tufday  this  24  hours 
litill  wind  and  imoth  watar 
Cors  this  24  hours  nwbn  dif- 
tanc 89*"  meridon  diftanc  S5 
DifFr  Latt  65  hoi  meridon 
diftanc  from  Cap  fabls  151 
Latt^  by  Judgment  44 — 05 


rn    " 


mmmm 


\-p: 


{    2+    ) 

Nouemher  y'  12  1701 
It  being  weniday  This  24 
hours  uerey  haifey  wather  and 
fome  Raine  Litill  winds  at 
wbs  Cors  this  24  hours  Dif- 
tanc  48  meridon  Diftanc  44"^ 
hole  meridon  diftanc  difr  Latt 
18  from  Cap  fabis  to  Cape 
pane*  195"^  at  12  laft  night 
y^  wind  Caime  up  at  nne  fres 
gaile  and  fome  Raine  at  8 
this  morning  Eckamenticosf 
and  ^ftod  ibw  of  or  for  Cap 
Cod  at  10  to  tacked  againe 
and  ftod  for  Cap  an 

*  Cape  Ann. 

f  Agamenticus,     now    York,     New 
Hampfhire. 


(  25  ) 


Nouembery'  13  day  ly  01 
It  being  thorfday  At  i  to 
day  Caime  to  an  anker  in 
Cap  an  thick  wather  the  wind 
at  ene  fres  gaile  at  2  this  morn- 
ing waid  our  anker  againe  and 
went  out  thick  wather  y^  wind 
at  ne  and  ftod  ofor  for  Cape 
Cod  at  6  tacked  and  ftod  in 
for  failum*  at  8  Caime  to  an- 
ker within  y^  miferyf 


'•'  Salem. 

t  Misery  Ifland,  ofF  Salem  Harbor. 
It  IS  joined  to  Little  Mifery  Ifland  bv 
a  Bar  at  half  Tide.  ^ 

D 


(   26   ) 


llilii 


J  iliiifl 


ui 


Iff 


Nouemhery'  14  day  1701 
It  being  Friday  thick  wather 
y^  wind  at  ne  and  fum  Raine 
day  hift  out  our  bot  and  went 
afhor  grait  fea  and  ftof  bar  at 
4.  maid  our  anker  againe  and 
Ran  up 

Nouembery'  i ^  day  ly 01 
It  being  faturday  at  3  this 
morning  Caime  to  faile  againe 
Litil  wind  at  ene  Cors  from 
failam  harbor  fe  to  Cape  Cod 
at  8  maid  Cape  Coc^,  a  12  to 
day  we  wos  up  with  y^  by 
Land  of  y^  Cape 


9 


(    27    ) 

Nouember  y  i6'^ 

It  being  funday  faire  wather 

at  6  Came  to  anker  of  againft 

webs  Ifland*  Litil  wind  at  ene : 

fair  wather  at  8  ofor  by^  fandy 


*  When  the  Englifh  firft  fettled  upon 
the  Cape  (Malebarre)  there  was  an 
Ifland  off  Chatham,  at  three  Leagues 
Diftance,  called  Webb's  Ifland,  con- 
taining twenty  Acres,  covered  with  red 
Cedar  or  Savin.  This  Ifland  has  been 
wholly  worn  away  for  almofl:  a  Century. 
A  large  Rock  that  was  upon  the  Ifland, 
and  which  fettled  as  the  Earth  waflied 
away,  now  marks  the  Place.  It  rifes 
as  much  above  the  Bottom  of  the  Sea, 
as  it  ufed  to  rife  above  the  Surface  of 
the  Ground.  The  Water  is  fix  Fa- 
thoms deep  on  this  Spot. — Mqfs.  Mag., 
iii,  151. 


f 


mssssss 


(  28  ) 

pynt*  Cors  from  fyl  Iflandst 
to  CapogeJ  wfw  at  4.  to  day 
Caime  to  anker  in  Martanve- 
nerd 


*  Cape  Malebar,  or  Sandy  Point, 
South  of  Cape  Cod. 

f  Seal  Iflands,  Nova  Scotia. 

jCape  Poge,  on  the  eaft  End  of 
Martha's  Vineyard. 


ACCOUNT 


OF   THE 


SLOOP   MARY 

And  Her  Cargo 

W^^  drove  on  fliore  at 
Mantauke  as  a  Wrecke 
not  having  any  p''fon  on 
Board  her  the  Twenty  third 
Day  of  November  1701  and 
fo  was  ceafed  by  Jofiah  Ho- 
bart  by  a  Power  Given  him 
by  the  Hon^i^  Coll  William 
Smith  thereunto  authorized 
by  his  Late  Excellency  the 
Earleof  Bellomont  Deceafed 
w^^  Acc^  was  taken  before 


f 


il' 


i 


( 30 ) 

the  faid  Coll  Smith  and  the 
goods  furendred  unto  him 
and  by  him  depofited  in 
the  hands  of  the  faid  Capt 
Jofiah  Hobart  and  Mr  Abra- 
ham Schellenx,  To  Anfwer 
the  Law  as  the  Government 
(hall  diredt 

The  Sloope  w'^  her  ftand- 
ing  Riging 

The  Sayles  and  runing  Rig- 
ing 

I  hh'^  of  Brandy 

18  Quarter  Cafk  of  Brandy 

4  hh^^  of  Claret 

60^''  of  Beaver  ftones 

200  feale  ikinns 


,' 

M 

(  31   ) 


:he 

3  Beaver  fkiiis  &  a  Papoofe 

im 

I    Doz    of   Catt   fkins:    2 

in 

Otters 

ipt 

I  Boult  of  Hollands  Ducke 

ra- 

I  p^  of  Broad  Canvas 

v^er 

18  p^  and  1  wo  remnants  of 

^nt 

feverall  forts  of  ftuff 

7  pceces  of  CuUerd  Demity 

8  p^  of  ftript  Kentings 

id- 

4.  p^  or  Remnants  of  Alli- 

gars 

ig- 

3  Remnants  of  Dyed  callica 

4  P**  of  mufling   or   Rem- 

-^nts 

idy 

4.  Printed  Callico  Carpetts 

2  bundles  of  Beads 

9  P^  of  Printed   lining   or 

callico  and  a  Remnant 

i  n 


(  32  ) 

A  Remnant  of  Light  Co- 
lored Broad  cloth  14  yards 

12  ps  of  Stuff  and  two 
Remnants 

A  parcel  of  tobacco 

I  Ps  of  Light  cullered  (h^- 
loone 

The  Eight  p^  of  Kenting 
and  three  p''  of  Remnants  of 
muflin  remain  in  poffeffion  of 
Coll  William  Smith=-= 

^William  Smith,  commonly  known 
ar,  "Tangier"  Smith,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1655.  After  having  been  for 
fome  Time  Governor  of  Tangiers,  he 
came  to  New  York  and  fettled  at 
Brookhaven,  L.  I.,  and  in  1693  had  his 
Property  there  erefted  into  a  Manor, 
by  the  Title  of  St.  George's  Manor. 
He  filled  various  important  Offices  in 
the  Colony,  and  died  Feb.  18,  1705. 


(  33  ) 

Rec'^  the  Goods  aboue  of 
William  Smith  for  the  Ends 
and  intents  aforef '^  atteft  our 
hands 

JOSIAH   HOBART 
ABRAHAM  SCHELLENX^'^ 

November  the  27'^-' 1 701 

Wee  Jofiah  Hobart  and 
Abraham  Schellenx  doe  owne 
that  wee  haue  this  29*^  day  of 

*  Abraham  Schellinger,  of  Eaft- 
hampton.  He  was  in  the  CommifTion 
of  the  Peace  from  1702  to  17 12.  He 
made  a  Voyage  in  171 1  from  Eaft- 
hampton  co  New  York  in  Command 
of  his  own  Sloop,  which  was  embar- 
goed there  on  account  of  the  Expedi- 
tion againft  Canada.  His  Will  is 
dated  7  March,  17"!^,  and  he  died,  it 
is  inferred,  about  17 12. 


(  34  ) 

Novem^*^  deliuered  Vnto  Let' 
Charles  Oliver  the  above  p'^ti- 
culers :  according  to  the  order 
of  the  Honor^^^  J^^^^  Nanfan 
Efq"^  Let'  gov*^  of  y^  p'^vince 
of  N.  York 

JOS   HOBART 
ABRAHAM  SCHELLINX 


h  i 


l!l 


Received  the  above  goods 
from  L'  Oliver  into  his  Ma- 
jeftys  Cuftom  houfe  this  i8 
dec,  1701 

T.  WEAVER  Colltr 


5  December  1701  Ea/{\ 
Hampton      j 
Before  Mee  Jofiah  Hobart 
one   of  his  Majefty's  Juftices 


(  35  ) 

of  peace  William  Rofe  made 
oath  that  he  being  at  Mean- 
tauke  to  helpe  to  fave  goods 
out  of  the  wreck  that  was 
Caft  on  fhore  there  he  faw 
Landed  there  out  of  her  twen- 
tythree  or  twenty  foure  fmall 
Cafke :  fix  hheds :  a  p^  of  Red 
Cloath  and  a  parcell  of  bever 
ftones  in  a  box  as  he  the  de- 
ponant  Judged  to  be  about 
two  third  parts  full,  &  a  bever 
coate  or  coverled 

taken  the  day  aboue  [^  Co- 
ram me 

JOS.  HOBART. 


mi 


i 


( 36 ) 

Ea^  Hajnpton  the  11'^'  day\^ 
of  Decemk  1701  J 
Mr  Abraham  Schelenx  Vpon 
oath  teftifies  that  thofc  papers 
Viz.  the  Jornall  and  the  paper 
of  the  accompt  of  the  goods 
Landed  from  the  floop  Mary 
&  taken  on  bord  her,  wear 
handed  to  him  on  bord  the 
fayd  floope  when  fhe  Lay  on 
fhore  at  Meantauke  &  affirmed 
to  be  taken  out  of  the  Mates 
Chefl:  whofe  name  is  John 
Maher  and  they  gaue  him  that 
refon  becaufe  within  the  fayd 
Chefl:  was  a  booke  with  fayd 
Mayher  his   Name  in  it  and 


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further  this  deponant  fayth 
not.  This  depofition  taken 
the  day  above  fayd    Coram  me 

JOS  HOBART.* 

*  JosiAH  HoBART,  of  EafthatTipton, 
L  I.,  was  one  of  the  Patentees  of  that 
To  vn,  according  to  the  Grant  made 
by  Gov.  Dongan  in  1686.  He  was 
Sheriff  of  Suffolk  County  from  1685 
to  1689,  and  from  1691  to  1699.  He 
was  fubfequently  in  the  Commiffion  of 
the  Peace  from  1700  to  171 1.  In 
May,  1695,  he  obtained  a  confirmatory 
Grant  of  eight  Acres  of  Upland,  which 
is  defcribed  as  bounded  fouthwardly 
by  the  home  Lot  of  Daniel  Bifbop, 
north  by  Thomas  Edwards,  weft  by 
the  town  Street  of  Eaflhampton,  and 
eafl  by  the  town  Swamp,  together  with 
two  Acres  of  fait  Meadow,  next  unto 
that  of  William  Scaliger.  His  Death 
is  fuppofed  to  have  occurred  about  the 
Year  171 1  or  17 12. 


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Tn°  Wick's  affidavit  aged  40 
teftifyeth  that  he  and  Dod:'" 
Wade  ware  imployed  by  the 
March*  of  y^  floop  about  80 
tuns  being  drove  on  fliore  a 
Httle  Eaftwad  of  Southampton 
we  did  houfe  into  Cap*  Mul- 
fords"^"  ware  houfe  6  bails  one 


*  Samuel  Mulford  was  born  in  Sa- 
lem, Mafs.,  in  1645.  He  was  the  Son 
of  John  Mulford,  who  was  one  of  the 
firft  Settlers  of  the  Town  of  Eaft- 
hahipton,  Commiflioner  of  Indian  Af- 
fairs on  the  eaft  End  of  Long  Ifland, 
Juftice  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of 
Suffolk,  1 665- 1 673,  and  Reprefenta- 
tive  for  that  County  in  the  firft  Aflem- 
bly  of  New  York  in  1683.  On  this 
lail  Occafion  Samuel  was  chofen,  with 
others,  a  Delegate  to  feled  fuch  Re- 
prefentative.     In  1686,  certain  Parties 


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Cheft  of  goods  four  bails  Con- 
had  obtained  an  Order  from  the  Go- 
vernor and  Council  that.  Land  be  laid 
out  for  them  in  the  Town.  Againft 
this  Order  a  ftrong  Proteft  was  drawn 
up,  figned  by  Samuel  Mulford,  the 
Recorder  of  the  Town,  and  by  Beat 
of  Drum,  publiHied  and  affixed  upon 
the  Wall  of  their  Meeting  Houfe.  An 
Information  was  filed  againft  all  con- 
cerned in  the  "  Scandalous  and  Libel- 
lous paper,"  and  they  were  ordered 
profecuted,  but  with  what  Refult  is 
not  known.  In  1689,  Mr.  Mulford 
was  appointed  by  Lieut.  Gov.  Leif- 
ler,  Juftice  of  the  Peace  for  Suffolk 
County,  and  continued  in  the  Com- 
miflion  until  17 12.  He  reprefented 
his  County  in  the  Aflembly  from  1705 
to  1720,  and  foon  took  a  prominent 
Pofition  in  public  Affairs.  The  Go- 
vernors, by  Virtue  of  a  Claufe  in  their 
Commiflion,  claimed  the  Fourteenth 
of  all  Oil    and    Bone   procured  from 


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tents  unknown  but  by  the  f ^ 

Whales  caught  at  Sea,  and  required 
Whalemen  to  take  out  Licenfes.  Capt. 
Mulford  vifited  England  during  Lord 
Cornbury's  Adminiftration  to  procure 
Relief  from  this  Exadion.  He  fuc- 
ceeded  fo  far  that  nothing  was  demand- 
ed of,  nor  paid  by  the  Whalemen  until 
the  Acceflion  of  Gov.  Hunter,  who 
revived  the  Claim  and  caufed  an  Adion 
to  be  inftituted  in  the  Supreme  Court 
againft  Mr.  Mulford  and  others  in 
1712,  for  having  converted  the  Queen's 
Property  to  their  own  Ufe.  This  Suit 
was  carried  from  Court  to  Court  as 
many  as  fifteen  or  fixteen  Times, 
and  finally  Judgment  was  given  and 
Execution  iflued  by  Ch.  Juftice  Mor- 
ris againft  the  Defendants,  who  were 
mulfted  in  heavy  Damages  and  Cofts. 
The  Houfe  of  Aftembly  next  became 
the  Theatre  of  Capt.  Mulford's  Ac- 
tion. On  2d  April,  1714,  the  Houfe 
being  in  Committee  on  the  Governor's 


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March^'  ord'  two  bails  and  the 

Speech,  Capt.  Mulford  referred  to 
fome  ill  Meafures  that  had  been  taken, 
and  afked  for  Juftice.  This  Speech 
was  fubfequently  printed;  fome  Time 
after  which  the  Aflembly  was  diflblved 
and  a  new  one  eleded,  to  which  Capt. 
Mulford,  then  nearly  70  years  of  age, 
was  again  returned.  In  violation  of 
all  parliamentary  Law,  this  new  Houfe 
expelled  him  on  2d  June,  171^,  "for 
printing,  without  Leave  of  the  Houfe, 
a  Speech  formerly  made  to  the  Af- 
femhly,  in  which  are  many  falfe  and 
fcandalous  Refledions  upon  the  Go- 
vernor." And  the  next  Week  he  was 
indifted  for  a  high  Mifdemeanor,  but 
the  Grand  Jury  refufed  to  find  a  Bill. 
Attorney  General  Jamifon  then  filed 
an  Information  againft  him  for  print- 
ing and  publifhing  the  above  Speech, 
and  he  was  obliged  to  give  Security  in 
the  Sum  of  £500^  that  he  fliould  at- 
tend the  Court,  and  not  depart  without 


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Chcft  we  opend   confifting  of 

Leave.  The  AfTembly  being  again 
diflblved,  Capt.  Mulford  was  reelected 
for  Suffolk,  and  took  his  Seat  in  the 
new  Houfe  in  June,  1716;  and  on 
2ift  Aug.  following  the  Aflembly  pre- 
fented  an  Addrefs  to  Gov.  Hunter, 
praying  that  the  Profecution  againft 
Capt.  Mulford  fhould  be  difcontinued. 
The  Governor  declined  to  comply  un- 
lefs  Mr.  Mulford  (hould  acknowledge 
that  he  had  fet  out  a  falfe  Libel,  and 
apologife.  This  the  Captain  peremp- 
torily refufed,  as  he  could  prove  all  he 
alleged  in  his  Speech.  "  The  worft  of 
it  was,  it  was  too  true."  After  the 
Houfe  rofe  in  September,  Capt.  Mul- 
ford again  proceeded  to  England  to 
complain  of  Gov.  Hunter,  who,  on 
hearing  of  his  Departure,  tranfmit- 
ted  a  Defpatch  to  the  Lords  of 
Trade,  in  which  he  reprefented  the 
Complainant  as  "the  only  Mutineer 
at    prefent"    in    the    Province,  and    a 


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linnens  Cheifly  the  w'^*'  I  w**' 
Dod'^  Wade  &  Henry  Ludlam 


Fugitive  from  Juftice.  On  his  arrival 
in  England,  Capt.  Mulford  drew  up 
and  prefented  "A  Memorial  of  Sev- 
eral Aggrievances  and  Oppreflions  of 
His  Majefty's  Subjeds  in  the  Colony 
of  New  York,  in  America."  This 
Paper,  which  was  referred  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  was  printed  in  England,  and 
a  number  of  Copies  communicated  to 
Members  of  the  Houfe  of  Commons. 
In  September,  1717,  Gov.  Hunter 
called  the  attention  of  the  Aflembly 
to  this  "very  ftrange  Memorial,"  and 
the  Houfe  voted  it  "a  moft  falfe,  ma- 
licious and  fcandalous  paper,"  de- 
manded that  the  Author  be  brought 
to  Juftice,  and,  alluding  to  Capt. 
Mulford,  declared  that,  *'  tho  one  of 
the  Aflembly  of  this  Colony,  he  is 
very  much  a  Stranger  to  the  Affairs 
and  Interefts  of  it,  and,  to  promote  his 


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did  bair  away  into  y^  woods 
and  after  by  ord*  of  f  "•  March^'' 

beloved  Connedicut,  an  Enemy  to  it." 
Further  Adion  was,  however,  inter- 
rupted by  the  adjournment  of  the  Le- 
giilature;  and  in  the  following  Spring, 
Gov.  Hunter  was  ordered  to  ceafe 
all  Proceedings  againft  Mr.  Mulford, 
or  his  Sureties.  "  The  incouragement 
Mr.  Mulford  and  fome  others  met 
with  from  fome  great  Men"  so  dif- 
gufted  His  Excellency  that  he  refolved 
to  return  to  Englanid.  Gov.  Burnet 
met  the  AiTembly  in  1720,  and  early 
in  the  Seifion,  Capt.  Mulford  objeded 
to  the  legality  of  the  Houfe,  but  upon 
what  Grounds  does  not  appear;  and 
refufing  to  fit  and  aft  with  it,  he  was 
expelled  a  fecond  Time  on  the  26th 
Odober.  He  now  returned  for  the 
laft  Time  to  his  Conftituents,  to  whom 
he  was  endeared  by  his  many  and  con- 
tinuous Efforts  in  their  Service,  and 
died  in  1725,  a[^  *d  80  years. 


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did  deliver  to  Cap*  Abr: 
Howel  y^  f^  goods  and  left 
f^  Howel  w*'^  y^  P'  goods  in 
y^  woods  w*h  chriftiffer  Fofter 
Daniel  Haley  Richard  Haley 
and  where  they  fecured  them 
Knows  not,  only  feven  [peices 
of  cloath]  hath  Cap*  Howel 
deliured  me  for  the  reward  of 
my  labor  pains  and  Expence 
in  y*  fervis.  for  w^''  cloath  I 
afterward  did  receiue  a  boy 
of  9  or  lo  years  of  age,  y^ 
w^^  is  to  ferve  me  13  years  and 
for  f ^  boy  according  to  obliga- 
tion deliuer  thofe  7  peeces  w**^- 
out  furth'^  reward:  alfo  the 
mafter  of  f''   floop  deliuer'^  to 


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me  an  Eleven  peices  of  wolcn 
fluff  and  Linnin  cloaths:  y^ 
w^h  by  (^  Mafters  ord'^  I  af? 
did  deliuer  to  Cap"  Howels 
fon  Abr:  and  where  fecur'd  I 
Know  not:  The  f^  deliueryes 
and  agreements  were  Con- 
traded  and  made  before  any 
directions  or  ord'^  from  Go- 
vernment to  me  in  y*^  premi 
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Hunting  toune^  March  19, 
1702.  John  Wick*  appeared 
before  me  and  gaue  upon  oath 
y^  truth  of  y^  aboue  written 

[JOHN]  WOOD  Juft 

''•John  Wick,  of  Southampton,  Yeo- 
man, was  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  County 
from  Odober,  1699,  to  Odober,  1700, 
and  from  December  20,  1701,  to 
Odober,  1702,  und  a  Magiftrate  of  the 
County  from  1702  until  his  Death. 
His  Will,  on  File  in  the  Office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  Al- 
bany, is  dated  15th  Dec,  1718  ;  from 
which  it  appears  that  his  Wife's  Name 
was  Temperance.  He  had  five  Sons, 
viz:  Job,  John,  Henry,  Daniel  and 
James,  and  two  Daughters,  Temper- 
ance and  Edith.  Provifion  was  made 
in  the  Will  that  John  "be  brought  up 
to  learning  at  College."  He  accor- 
dingly entered  Yale,  where  he  graduated 
in  1722. 


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Rajlhajnpton^  Ded'X 
The  ^^^  1 70 1.      J 
Memorandum — 

Taken  out  of  my  Pocket  Book, 
being  The  names  of  the 
men  That  Watched  the 
goods  upon  the  Beatch  att 
Meantauke  Belonging  To 
The  Sloop  Mary  Drove  on 
Shore  here  The  2^^^  Nov''^ 
1701. 

Ebenezer  Leeke  Conftable 
Ebenezer  Leeke  J"" 
Ikobell  Leek 
Sam'^    Hedges 
John  Conklin,  fon  of  Benj" 

Conklin 


(  49  ) 

Tho  Edwards 

Lyon  Gardiner 

Nath"  Baker  V/^as  y«  firft 
That  Went  on  board  y^  Sloope 
after  Wray  of  Block  Ifland, 
as  I  have  been  Informed. 

The  names  of  y^  men  That 
helped  To  unlade  y^  Sloope 
&c. 

David  Conklin 
John  Lupton 
Joliah  Garlick 
Lewis  Conklin 
John  Perfons 
Will  Rofe 


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The  mens  names  That  Carted 

y^   goods  from  Meantauke 

to  Eafthampton 

Sam'^    Perfons  Jun' 

Rob^  Eaton,  Jiin' 

John  Wheeler  Jun' 
Hedges 

Will'"    Schelknxs'    Teeme 
&  horfes,  But  not  himfelfe. 

FINIS. 


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